Why Every Sacrifice For A Happy Marriage Is Worth It

The sweet lives are those to duty wed,
Whose deeds both great and small
Are close-knit strands of an unbroken thread,
Where love ennobles all.
The world may sound no trumpets, ring no bells,
The Book of Life the slurring record tells.

Thy love shall chant its own beatitudes,
After its own like working. A child’s kiss
Set on thy singing lips shall make thee glad;
A poor man served by thee shall make thee rich;
A sick man helped by thee shall make thee strong;
Thou shalt be served thyself by every sense
Of service which thou renderest.

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DUTY(from Wikipedia)
“is a term that conveys a sense of moral commitment to someone or something. The moral commitment is the sort that results in action and it is not a matter of passive feeling or mere recognition. When someone recognizes a duty, that person commits himself/herself to the cause involved without considering the self-interested courses of actions that may have been relevant previously. This is not to suggest that living a life of duty precludes one of the best sorts of lives but duty does involve some sacrifice of immediate self-interest.”

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Discussion

That picture is SO darling. And tears easily spring from my eyes! So SWEET to watch a mother AND father sing to their gift from heaven. It’s just removed enough to realize the miracle that is happening daily: development of Godliness, eternal relationships, growth of mortal flesh! WOWZERS! How did we get all of this?
The longer you live it, the more baffling it becomes: marriage, parenthood, mortality.
What potential we must have for Father to give us so much opportunity! I LOVE this!
God bless you little family and all of us on this journey!
Love to you all!

what a beautiful post! Two years ago our daughter divorced her husband of 25 years, then a year later remarried and moved to New England from Georgia. She was stunned when her teenagers opted to stay with Dad, and with her extended family (us.) It breaks my heart on a regular basis to see the price EVERYONE has had to pay, but especially how it has affected her children. They feel abandoned by her, and she resents their decision to stay in the family home with Dad. We hardly recognize her, she has changed so much. No longer are her children a priority. Everything in her life is all about her and also her new husband. I would not wish divorce on my worst enemy!!!

A romantic twist on married bliss…

Musings shares a three-decade-plus romance (if such a thing is possible) which has aged in the way lasting, lovely things do. In this latest chapter, we have just returned to the states after thirteen months abroad and are finally empty-nesters. Follow our trail if you consider yourself a romantic, or would like to be one. START with “Love Makes the World Go Round”.

“Here’s the thing on men—okay, I’m going to give it to you. All men think of themselves as kind of low-level superheroes in their own environment. When men are growing up and they’re reading about Batman, Spiderman, Superman, these aren’t fantasies, these are options. This is the way men really look at their own lives. I’m not even supposed to be telling you this.” ~Jerry Seinfeld